Michael Santo
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Video: Sapphire HD6670 Ultimate, HD6750 & HD6770 Review @ OCC Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme 1GB Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix.com Motherboards and Chipsets: MSI Z68MA-ED55 (Intel Z68) mATX Motherboard Review @ Tweaktown Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 @ PureOverclock ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews ASUS MATRIX GeForce...
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Colonoscopies are somewhat shunned for the obvious reason: no one looks forward to a doctor snaking a camera on a flexible tube (an endoscope) through their colon (via the obvious entry point) to look for polyps or worse. A new self-propelled device known as a "Mermaid" might make the procedure less invasive, and less frightening. The Mermaid...
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Computer hacking has a bad reputation, and understandably so. When one hears about organizations exposing the credit cards of millions of PSN users, there's not much argument that its criminal behavior. Against that background is cast the shadow of a new hacker convention: DEFCON Kids. DEFCON 19, the latest in the annual "hacking" convention...
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California owners of Priuses and other hybrids are about to get a rude awakening: as of July 1, 2011, they will no longer be eligible for the HOV lane with their yellow stickers. Those who want to get into that lane again are stuck looking for white sticker vehicles, including the Nissan Leaf, but that all-electric vehicle is severely limited...
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LulzSec, or Lulz Security as it is fully known, has wreaked havoc across the Internet for less than two months. According to a "press release" issued by the group, the lulz are over, and so is the group. The announcement comes just a few days after LulzSec announced AntiSec, a campaign it said was designed to expose corruption in government...
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Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3GB Review @ Hardware Canucks Motherboards and Chipsets: ASRock H61iCafe Intel H61 Motherboard Review @ ThinkComputers.org Processors: AMD's A8-3500M Fusion APU reviewed at TR Memory and Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SATA 6Gbit/s SSD Review @ Techgage G.Skill Sniper Series PC312800 Cas 7 Review @ OCC Legion Hardware...
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Video: TechwareLabs Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 Ultimate Video Card Motherboards and Chipsets: ASUS M5A99X EVO (AMD 990X) Motherboard Review @ Tweaktown Processors: AMD Llano A8-3500M APU Review @ t-break Memory and Storage: Toshiba BDX5200 Review @ TechReviewSource.com OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS @ PureOverclock OCZ Agility 3 SSD Tests @ Benchmark...
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Earlier, it was noted that Google was lobbying the state of Nevada to get driverless cars approved, and it appears they have been successful. The State of Nevada has passed Assembly Bill No. 511 which, among other things, provides that the Nevada Department of Transportation "shall adopt regulations authorizing the operation of autonomous...
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"CNBC Titans" kick offs its new season this Thursday at 9 p.m. with an unauthorized look at what the program calls the undisputed king of Silicon Valley: Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "Titans," CNBC says, "profiles remarkable people who made careers turning the 'unthinkable' into reality and companies that grew from humble...
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PopCap Games, creator of well-known and popular casual games such as Bejeweled, Peggle, and Plants vs. Zombies, is about to be acquired, according to a new report. The price is a cool $1 billion, according to multiple sources. That's right, $1 billion. With a $1 billion price, which could be as high as a 10x multiple (with PopCap's revenue...
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Apple TV could be a reality, and not the set-top box that is currently named Apple TV. Rumors of Apple entering the television business have been tossed about for years already, and the latest ones point to an iOS-powered HDTV, perhaps as early as late this year. The source is a former Apple executive, and his information is that Apple will...
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The old maxim was that as soon as you bought some piece of technology, it would already be obsolete. If you waited, something better would come along, but then, you would never buy. New site Decide.com, which launched Monday, aims to help you decide exactly "when" to buy "what." It's particularly useful now. That old maxim used to apply mostly...
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We knew it was coming, and it appears it's nearly here: Verizon's tiered data plans, meaning the end of unlimited data. Verizon is set to join AT&T with tiered smartphone data plans, on July 7 according to the report. Pricing will be as follows: 2GB – $30/month 5GB – $50/month 10GB – $80/month If you want to use tethering...
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LulzSec and Anonymous have declared cyberwar on just about everyone. Well, only government and corporations, but still. The news comes from Twitter and a manifesto posted on pastebin. Of course, although LulzSec listed Anonymous in its Tweet, there's be no statement. #AntiSec begins today: pastebin.com/9KyA0E5v Prepare yourselves. Join us,...
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A lot of things are said to taste like chicken. Snake, for example, is often said to taste like chicken, although we can tell you from experience that its reptile cousin African crocodile does not taste like chicken, and is extremely tough and chewy. What, therefore, would human excrement taste like? A Japanese scientist claims to be able...
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Commodore USA LLC promised a working C64 replica (with modern internals) by "late spring," but despite a tie-in with Tron: Legacy, nothing has shipped yet. However, in a YouTube post (somewhat less obvious that a press release, guys) the company has promised pre-orders will begin shipping this week. Commodore USA posted the video, which shows...
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As they themselves have noted before, LulzSec hacks for the "lulz," and that means their targets are somewhat eclectic. Thus, they have reached out to the latest Japanese gaming company to be hacked, SEGA, and offered their services. Sega found itself hacked, and on Friday sent out an email to those affeted with some details. The SEGA Pass...
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Google TV hasn't exactly been lighting up living rooms with Internet-enhanced television goodness, but an influx of fresh software might be in store. Google has just acquired Sage TV, which has been producing its own proprietary DVR software since 2002. Sage TV's software runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Google TV doesn't have DVR or placeshifting...
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Video: PowerColor Radeon HD 6790: Affordable Gaming @ InsideHW ZOTAC GTX590 3GB Graphics Card Review @ Vortez Futurelooks News Flash - AOC e2243 Fwk Razor 21.5 Inch Aire LED LCD Monitor Review Samsung PN59D8000 Review @ TechReviewSource.com [Tech ARP] Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 22.9 Motherboards and Chipsets: ASRock Fatal1ty...
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It's typically atypical, which is something that might be expected from a Japanese firm like Fujitsu. Although this phone isn't even a smartphone, and doesn't appear to have Android on it, but one thing's for sure: it doesn't stink. That's right, despite what you might think from the description, this "gorgeously designed" flip phone doesn't...
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If you either hoped or assumed that since Nintendo's Wii U is going to finally match, or perhaps (hopefully) even surpass the specs of the Xbox 360 and PS3, it would also support Blu-ray or DVD optical discs, don't hold your breath. Buried in the 2011 E3 Analyst Q&A Session, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said the next-generation...
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As you are probably aware, hacktivist group LulzSec has been extremely busy the last few weeks. Over the last five weeks, the group has exposed the email addresses and other information of about 150,000 users. If you're concerned that your information may be among the data harvested, there's an app for that. Yes, there is an app, but it's...
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